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Martin Rees

Martin Rees

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Martin Rees, a cosmologist and astrophysicist, has been Britain’s Astronomer Royal since 1995. He is a former Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and former President of the Royal Society.

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    Merkel Minus Angela

    Josef Joffe

    Armin Laschet's surprise victory in the CDU leadership contest makes him the front-runner to become Germany's next chancellor, but it doesn't guarantee him the job. Laschet will need to defeat Markus Söder, the ambitious and politically flexible leader of the CDU's Bavarian sister party. 

     appraises Armin Laschet, who is now the odds-on favorite to become the country's next chancellor.
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    The Post-Trump Reconstruction of America and the World

    Kemal Derviş

    For decades, the United States has lacked a fully credible and feasible overall strategy for backing liberal democracy. To restore the right kind of US global leadership, President-elect Joe Biden's administration should develop one.  

     urges the incoming Biden administration to champion liberal democracy consistently at home and abroad.
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